Hat box and method of constructing the same



March 29, 1932. 5 STERN 1,851,217

HAT BOX AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING THE SAME Filed March 5, 1929 2Sheets-Sheet l I 7/75 ll \iliH 1 5 til A INVENTOR 5J7. Stem.

isi- S. H. STERN I March 29, 1932 HAT BOX AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING THESAME Filed March 5, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I NVEN TOR ,5. H. Stem.

ATT ORN EYS Y srmtny n.].-sTERiv; or? summer, onto m'placje. t w rOmeobject of'inyinvention, therefore; is

to provide-a liatj box-"constructed in such a manner that a hatiplacedfin the hat box will be prevented from mov-ing in any rlirection. It is afurther object of my invention to "i make ithe hat box from' a singlepieceef cardboai'dfirtheiike the cardboard beingscofred in? the properplaces so -as-topermit ready.

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" 9' a For afulland thereby To be more specigficgan obj ejct of myinvention is toiprovide a; box'with 'Ineans for sup: porting: a hat byits brim in'a n inverte'd'poslion with a free space about f theflcrownvand further means for; holding. the hat brim against the supportingmeans. v r20 In carrying ut my invention, 1 I avail} of a double boxconstruction built around a single bottom, the inner box: having aholein its, cover for rece vlng the crown of and the cover means ofthesecond box cla1np- 1ng against the brim forholding the hat in;

positlonholding means for the hat inthe box; brim supporting means hasdownwardly extending I being adapted to grip the'crown of a hatpreventing sidewise motion of the hat.' r 7 It is also notable thatthese downwardly disposed lugs maybe availed of to:hold'a brimless hatinposition inthe box.,

'Another feature of my invention is the process of making a hat boxwherein .aipart of the box. is first; constructed and'a haltplacedtherein; aftemhe hat is placed in the partially constructed box,-the remainder of 5 the box is assembled in such a manner as toi 5?clamp: the hat in position.

Other objects and advantages in part become apparent and in part behereinafter statedas the description lot the invention proceeds.

more complete understand- 7 i I Ap'plica'tion bled-March 5, box-esconstructed from cardboard or the like have been- '-objection-ableinjthatl the.

i y to the following description hats" placed thereinwerenot*securelyheldr a hat lugs integral therewith, these lugs r Another sidemember 5 of-theinneriboir A jia ent to-said-b'ottome'l; v nth'e' "sidemember '5 inaffte'r; setforth$ a r y I y .Tlie' sidei-membe'rs 2' havemamrmm 7 929; Serial n 34 96;

ing drawings inwhich 5 t (Figure l is apl'a n-view of; the blank-showringthe manjner ofcutting and scoring, I "(Figure 2 is a perspective Viewshowing the innerlboxin assembled position." V v .Fig'nre3 :is' aperspective iew of the box that 'el ited only asset'forth in theppen'ded claims l A hat box made in accordance with" i n-v V vention' iscut fromia singlepiece of card-- I bo and; or the i like, snbstanti allyas shown in Figure' 1,*and comprises an-inner box memwhichfbox rnembershave afcomzn'on bottom or base l'. "Thefbottoml hassidemembers 2integral therewith and outwardly disposed at V opposite sides therefrom.The members Qrare, substantiallyrectangularinshape, onefof the v r r i vc i b er -A and-an outer-box memberB, both of 5 A further object of myinvention isto pro 'vide means which will cooperate with the brimpreventingamovement. of Tobe more specific, the

enger sides of the membersjbeing integral with the bottom 7 1-'and"the=other 'side'having anextension '3 with'a curved outeredgeha'so shown at fl; Extending from the'cnrv'ed' "edges 4 of the exten'sion VI theme ofwhichwillbe-ekplained as the deg Jsori-ptionproceeds; i

vis disposed from the thirdsideofrhe bottom i arelugsor'tabs 4' his'sidemember'5is'also integralwith -.extending in thegjsame direction'as thersid'e member '5 said ortions 7 fbein 'rovided P b p "trapfezoi a1:shape"with-the shorter bas ad- Slots 6 are'provided I forreasons to behere- -with lugs 8 and slots 9; End' portions 10 also j position bytion, and the lugs 4 porting a hat by its brim alone,

extend from the members 3 in a manner similar to the end portions 7, andare provided withlugs 11.

The outer box B comprises a cover member 12 that is substantially squareand has side members 13 and 14 extending from the sides thereof. Oneofthe side members 14 is connected to the fourth side of the bottom 1thereby connecting the inner box A to the out- I Referring now to Figure2, the boxis assembled in the following manner. The side members 2 arefolded upwardly forming two sides of the inner box, the extensions 3 ofthe members 2 are folded over and form athird side of the inner box, andthe slots 9 receive the lugs 11 of the partsv 10, thereby holding theaforementioned members in their proper position. The member 5 is alsofolded upwardly and acts as a reinforcement or for the side composed ofthe members 7, the slots ,6 being adapted to receive the lugs 8 therebyfurther adding to the rigidity of the structure. i v I The box is nowready to receive a hat, which is placed in an inverted position with thebrim resting on the members 2 and the crown extending between the lugs4' the boxA. After the hat is placed in position, the members formingthe outer box B prising,

and into 2. A hat box of the class described, comprising, incombination, a bottom member, side members extending from the bottommember, supportin members extending from a plurality o? the sidemembers. a cover member extending from one of the side members, andother side members extending from the cover member.

3. A hat box of'the class described, comprising, in combination, boxmembers included one within another, the inner of said box membershaving an opening therein adapted to receive the crown of a hat, theopening 'projectim up from the bottom of the other box mem r, and thesaid other box member clamping against the brim of the hat in positionin the first box member.

4. A hat box of the class described, comprising, in combination, abottom member,

side members extending from the bottom member, supporting membersextending from a plurality of the side members, hat ositioning membersextending from some 0 the supporting members, a cover member extendingfrom one of the side members, other side members extending from thecover member, and tabs "and recesses carried by the side members.

5. A hat box of the class described, comformed from a single piece ofmaterial, the outer box member foldable to enclose and hold a hat inclamped position on the inner box member.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. 1 SIDNEY H. STERN.

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are folded into position as clearly shown in I noticed that the crown ofthe hat does not touch the sides of the box and that the supporting isdone by the brim which is held in the clamping action of the cover 12 ofthe outer box B when in assembled posipressing against thebase of thecrown.

At this time, it is desired to again point out .that a brimless hat suchas worn by women,

could be held in position by the downwardly extending lugs 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is I 1. A device of theclass described, comprising, a hat box having side walls, means in thehat box spaced from its walls for supmeans carried by the hat box forclamping the hat brim to the supporting means, the

last means being integral with the supporting means in the box.

and further an inner box member and an outer

